On 04/03/2013 01:14 AM, Vineet Gupta wrote: > forgot to CC linux-arch > > On 04/03/2013 12:42 PM, Vineet Gupta wrote: >> Currently, for every ARC kernel build I see the following: >> >> --------------->8----------------- >> DTB arch/arc/boot/dts/angel4.dtb.S >> AS arch/arc/boot/dts/angel4.dtb.o >> LD arch/arc/boot/dts/built-in.o >> rm arch/arc/boot/dts/angel4.dtb.S <-- forces rebuild next iter >> CHK kernel/config_data.h >> --------------->8----------------- I assume that's because the file is an intermediate file, and only built due to a chain of build rules, and hence make clean it up itself after the build? >> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib >> +.PRECIOUS: $(obj)/%.dtb.S >> + >> $(obj)/%.dtb.S: $(obj)/%.dtb >> $(call cmd,dt_S_dtb) I'm not sure if .PRECIOUS is correct here. That prevents make from deleting the file if make is CTRL-C'd in the middle of generating it. Couldn't that leave a stale/corrupt file around that'd break the build. Judging by: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Special-Targets.html I think .SECONDARY might be a better choice? Does that solve the problem you're seeing? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
